The Little Girl That I Am

In this moment i am a little girl
tucked away from the unforgiving world.
My mind and intelligence not hindered by my size
Dispite your discouragement
from the rubble i will rise
in the future you will see
how determined one little girl can be
and as the story goes.......
be carful who you judge
you never know.
one day the world will see
from my eyes and remember me
the little girl
who dreamed of painting the world
to show its beauty and its lies
for what they are....................

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Jun 26, 2013

trapped behind these eyes of mine,
the man of no depth counts the time.
the seconds pass in eternal screams,
a life's misty memory of no import it seems.
silken chains and cushions of steel,
bitter memories are the final meal.
life is loss, and death an old friend,
a healing...